xà mâu
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [saː˨˩ məw˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [saː˦˩ məw˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [saː˨˩ məw˧˧]
Etymology 1 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 蛇矛.
Noun edit
- (archaic, historical romance) snake lance, a kind of long lance
- 14th century, Luo Guanzhong, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 1; 1909 Vietnamese translation by Phan Kế Bính
- Trương Phi đánh một ngọn xà mâu dài một trượng tám thước.
- For Zhang Fei, a one-zhang-eight-chi-long snake lance was forged.
- 14th century, Luo Guanzhong, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 1; 1909 Vietnamese translation by Phan Kế Bính